MUNCIE -- Muncie police and animal shelter officials converged Wednesday on a storefront where a man is reportedly living with more than 600 animals, including an alligator, two hedgehogs and more than 500 mice.

Muncie Animal Shelter Superintendent Phil Peckinpaugh, at a strip mall in the 3100 block of Granville Avenue, said the man also has a python, hedgehogs, mice, rats and birds on the property. Peckinpaugh said the man and the animals were not affiliated with a nearby pet store.

Peckinpaugh said this case violates city ordinances and that the animals will be seized and removed from the property.

Police said they were standing by to assist with animal removal. Criminal investigation was unlikely, but the owner will face ordinance violations.

This parrot was also brought out although it actually asked officials what they were doing when they first entered. Muncie Animal Control officers raided a storefront turned residence that contained many exotic animals and hundreds of mice and rats. (Photo: Kurt Hostetler/The Star Press Kurt Hostetler/The Star Press)